Hdr washed out

I experienced this IDENTICAL washout issue & I have a samsung UN or NU8000...

'Interestingly', I tried EVERY variation among the 3 or 4 Zidoo settings. (Hdr, HDMI range, BIT depth, & even chromas) NONE of these made a significant change..

As a last ditch effort I disabled "HDMI UHD color on the TV ITSELF! THAT DID IT, irrespective of my zidoo settings! I should mention, this setting oddly is NOT in picture settings. Its in the 'external device manager' under 'General' settings? there u find HDMI UHD color, where u can either enable or disable this for EACH HDMI port! so u can enable for 1 port but not others or visa versa.

this is a setting for all samsung 4k tvs i believe. I used to have a KS model which represents 2016 year models & on that older 4k you could only enable UHD COLOR on the 1st HDMI port but no others..

I believe the original question was about a Sony, which I dont own, but possibly a similar setting is possible?

As to the zidoo settings, I find limiting Hdmi range advisable, & if you want your hdmi settings to stick, set the ones possible under DEVELOPER options. the setting there seems to "stick" better & override hdmi settings found elsewhere.

other than limiting hdmi range, AUTO seems to work best for other settings, & if u feel like screen is too dark forcing setting to 8-bit can help...

I experienced this IDENTICAL washout issue & I have a samsung UN or NU8000...

'Interestingly', I tried EVERY variation among the 3 or 4 Zidoo settings. (Hdr, HDMI range, BIT depth, & even chromas) NONE of these made a significant change..

As a last ditch effort I disabled "HDMI UHD color on the TV ITSELF! THAT DID IT, irrespective of my zidoo settings! I should mention, this setting oddly is NOT in picture settings. Its in the 'external device manager' under 'General' settings? there u find HDMI UHD color, where u can either enable or disable this for EACH HDMI port! so u can enable for 1 port but not others or visa versa.

this is a setting for all samsung 4k tvs i believe. I used to have a KS model which represents 2016 year models & on that older 4k you could only enable UHD COLOR on the 1st HDMI port but no others..

I believe the original question was about a Sony, which I dont own, but possibly a similar setting is possible?

As to the zidoo settings, I find limiting Hdmi range advisable, & if you want your hdmi settings to stick, set the ones possible under DEVELOPER options. the setting there seems to "stick" better & override hdmi settings found elsewhere.

other than limiting hdmi range, AUTO seems to work best for other settings, & if u feel like screen is too dark forcing setting to 8-bit can help...

Hope this helps someone! good luck!

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As far as I know, if I disable Samsung KS7000 Hdmi UHD color , I won't be getting 10 bit color, even if the source is 10 bit.

Don't know about your model.

Also all the HDMi ports on the KS7000 can set invidually to UHD Color or off.

As far as I know, if I disable Samsung KS7000 Hdmi UHD color , I won't be getting 10 bit color, even if the source is 10 bit.

Don't know about your model.

Also all the HDMi ports on the KS7000 can set invidually to UHD Color or off.

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I am just saying 'how' I get the BEST picture, & fixing the 'washout'...
whatever the 'industry or manufacturers' want to call it or label it I feel is secondary...
whether its 8 bit, 12bit, 4k, UHD, RGB, limited, FULL, high bandwidth, 4:2:0, 4:4:4, superman mode, a WALL, fence, or chicken wire.... doesn't really matter to me.
whatever works BEST is most important IMHO..

the zidoo is doing so many things things, then each tv is doing its thing, so I just try to find what "looks" best, & leave the technicalities till the industry matures!

I am just saying 'how' I get the BEST picture, & fixing the 'washout'...
whatever the 'industry or manufacturers' want to call it or label it I feel is secondary...
whether its 8 bit, 12bit, 4k, UHD, RGB, limited, FULL, high bandwidth, 4:2:0, 4:4:4, superman mode, a WALL, fence, or chicken wire.... doesn't really matter to me.
whatever works BEST is most important IMHO..

the zidoo is doing so many things things, then each tv is doing its thing, so I just try to find what "looks" best, & leave the technicalities till the industry matures!

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And I am saying what works best for me is disable HDR in Zidoo, and my Samsung KS7000 functions normally. As I said before, for me HDR is just one big hype.